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In the year 1942
528 Notable deaths
François Darlan
French admiral (1881-1942).
Born August 7th, 1881 in Nérac. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1942 at 61 years old in Algiers. [ref]
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia
Russian imperial highness (1891-1942).
Born September 18th, 1891 in Moscow.
Died March 5th, 1942 at 50 years old in Davos (tuberculosis).
John R. Brinkley
American fraudulent physician (1885-1942).
Died May 26th, 1942 at 56 years old in San Antonio (heart failure).
Robert Bosch
German industrialist, inventor, engineer (1861-1942).
Born September 23rd, 1861 in Albeck. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1942 at 80 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Fritz Todt
German engineer and senior nazi figure (1891-1942).
Born September 4th, 1891 in Pforzheim. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1942 at 50 years old in Kętrzyn (aircraft crash). [ref]
Tamon Yamaguchi
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy.
Born August 17th, 1892 in Tokyo.
Died June 6th, 1942 at 49 years old in Pacific Ocean.
Chen Duxiu
Chinese politician and co-founder of the chinese communist party (1879–1942).
Born October 8th, 1879 in Huaining County.
Died May 27th, 1942 at 62 years old in Jiangjin District.
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist (1916-1942).
Born July 29th, 1916 in Dallas.
Died March 2nd, 1942 at 25 years old in Staten Island (tuberculosis). [ref]
Helmuth Hübener
German resistance member (1925–1942).
Born January 8th, 1925 in Hamburg.
Died October 27th, 1942 at 17 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation, execution).
Bruno Schulz
Polish novelist and painter (1892-1942).
Born July 12th, 1892 in Drohobych. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1942 at 50 years old in Drohobych, Drohobych Ghetto. [ref]
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American lawyer, watch tower society president (1869–1942).
Born November 8th, 1869 in Morgan County.
Died January 8th, 1942 at 72 years old in San Diego (colorectal cancer).
Edna May Oliver
American actress (1883–1942).
Born November 9th, 1883 in Malden.
Died November 9th, 1942 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (colorectal cancer).
Flinders Petrie
British egyptologist (1853–1942).
Born June 3rd, 1853 in Charlton. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1942 at 89 years old in Jerusalem (malaria). [ref]
Robert Musil
Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942).
Born November 6th, 1880 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1942 at 61 years old in Geneva (stroke). [ref]
Sidney Bracey
American actor (1877–1942).
Born December 18th, 1877 in Melbourne.
Died August 5th, 1942 at 64 years old in Hollywood.
A. E. Waite
British occultist mystic, poet and writer (1857–1942).
Born October 2nd, 1857 in Brooklyn.
Died May 19th, 1942 at 84 years old in London.
William G. Morgan
Inventor of volleyball.
Born January 23rd, 1870 in Lockport.
Died December 27th, 1942 at 72 years old in Lockport (congenital pneumonia).
Irène Némirovsky
French novelist (1903–1942).
Born February 24th, 1903 in Kyiv.
Died August 17th, 1942 at 39 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (influenza, typhus).
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Fourth child and third daughter of alfred i, duke of saxe-coburg and gotha, and grand duchess maria alexandrovna of russia.
Born September 1st, 1878 in Coburg.
Died April 16th, 1942 at 63 years old in Schwäbisch Hall.
Avraham Stern
Jewish paramilitary leader and founder of lehi (1907-1942).
Born December 23rd, 1907 in Suwałki.
Died February 12th, 1942 at 34 years old in Tel Aviv (gunshot wound).
Albert Kahn
American architect (1869–1942).
Born March 21st, 1869 in Rhaunen.
Died December 8th, 1942 at 73 years old in Detroit.
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
Boer general (1866-1942).
Born April 3rd, 1866 in Wellington.
Died November 21st, 1942 at 76 years old in Pretoria.
Atsushi Nakajima
Japanese writer.
Born May 5th, 1909 in Yotsuya.
Died December 4th, 1942 at 33 years old in Setagaya (pneumonia).
Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
Prussian prince.
Born July 7th, 1883 in Potsdam.
Died December 8th, 1942 at 59 years old in Villa Ingenheim.
Tina Modotti
Italian photographer and actress.
Born August 16th, 1896 in Udine. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1942 at 45 years old in Mexico City (heart failure). [ref]
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